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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu‐Matias Rouvali.
    • DECCA.

  • María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    Maríuljóð

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Kom vinur.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 201.

  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    Benedictus

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Mackenzie: Orchestral Music incl. Twelfth Night and Coriolanus.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viola da Gamba Sonata no.1 in G major BWV.1027

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major RV 589: iii) Laudamus te

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Schubert: Rosamunde - Ameling, Rundfunkchor Leipzig.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    10 Pièces pittoresques (no.10)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.

  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Songs of My Heart.
    • Ondine.
    • 102.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
    • RCA.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Havanaise

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson (Thus when the sun from's watery bed)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel: Arias.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Oliver Davis

    The Infinite Ocean (Pas de deux)

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Arcadia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers : Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Sullivan: Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' - Menuet

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacree et danse profane

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13-14.

  • Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ukrainian Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 102.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80: II. Andante semplice - Andantino

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 2.

  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater virgo virum

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Spotless Rose.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTÉ.
    • 2.

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